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   Hello Rob!   
      
      
    RM> When you think about it, you could double fuel costs and   
    RM> the cost increase on your can of beans would go up by half   
    RM> a cent, if that. But the stores all take advantage of the   
    RM> 'bad news' and use it to inflate prices to ridiculous   
    RM> levels, often up by 50% or more, with less chance of   
    RM> people complaining because they have heard the bad news   
    RM> and blame it on someone else..   
      
   I am seeing ridiculous increases on books.   
      
   Pocketbooks/mass-market are up from 11.99 to 14.99   
      
   Many hardcovers typically between 29.99 to 35.99 are now over     
   40$   
      
   But it's not necessarily "the stores" doing it. In my case it's     
   the wholesaler raising *my* price based on their their MSRP.   
      
      
      
      
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